Alan Simpson: I hope Grover Norquist drowns in the bathtub

[babylonsister]

http://www.salon.com/2012/11/27/alan_simpson_i_hope_grover_norquist_drowns_in_the_bathtub/

Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:45 PM EST
Alan Simpson: I hope Grover Norquist drowns in the bathtub
In a surreal "Hardball" interview, the former senator makes the wildest threat yet against the anti-tax zealot
By David Daley


So this just happened on “Hardball” — former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, of the Simpson-Bowles commission, essentially called for anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist to slip and fall in the tub.

Norquist has said he wants a government small enough that it can drown in the bathtub.

Said Simpson:

“So how do you deal with someone who comes to stop government? … Grover wandering the earth in his white robe saying he wants to drown government in the bathtub. I hope he slips in there with it.”

Chris Matthews, in a new record, was left speechless for several moments.

And that wasn’t even the strangest thing Simpson said in the interview. In a discussion of taxes and how the middle-class would end up on the short end, Simpson posed this question: “Who gets diddled the most?”

[cthulu2016]

1. Actually, the weirdest thing was Simpson's claim that the deficit will cause high interest rates

[bluedigger]

2. You gotta love ex-pols when the filters come off.

[Hekate]

3. LOL -- I have to catch this on rerun!

[forestpath]

4. Is there a tub big enough for both of them?

[The Magistrate]

9. Hear Hear, Ma'am

[Marie Marie]

22. If not, I will find one.

The amount of combined compassion in these two jerks could be drowned in a thimble.

[PA Democrat]

38. LOL. Great idea.

[dchill]

39. What a perfect idea!

I'm sure there are many shape and color choices.

[jsr]

5. I see no problem with it

[Raine]

6. I heard, LOVED it! nt

[jeanlibny594283]

31. me too!

way to go, simpson!

[denverbill]

7. Simpson is still an arrogant, government-teat sucking leech.

A man who spent his entire life working for the government, drawing millions in pensions, who complains about people on Social Security being greedy.

[salinen]

11. Right

a horrible person and partisen fuckstick.

[zentrum]

16. You are so right

And he tried to do real damage to Anita Hill.

[coalition_unwilling]

18. I was just remembering that simpering, misgynistic bastard and the

Clarence Thomas hearings.

Those of us who were paying attention know that Anita Hill testified truthfully, that Thomas perjured himself before Congress, and that Thomas was not held accountable. This was not a 'he said, she said' matter. Hill had complained about Thomas' harassment to friends and colleagues AT THE TIME of the alleged harassment, a fact that I will never forgive Joe Biden for allowing to get drowned out in all the background noise.

[dchill]

40. A perfectly apt description!

[malaise]

8. I saw it

It was fall down funny

[Mira]

10. Can I watch?

part of me actually means it

[SHRED]

12. I still can't stand Alan Simpson

[Honeycombe8]

13. I had to look up "diddle." It means cheat, swindle. Very interesting. nt

[Chan790]

29. In more uncouth terms...

it also means "to fingerf**k"

[Ken Burch]

14. What a horrible fate...for that bathtub.

[Vattel]

15. God this sort of reporting is so vile.

Salon: "In a surreal "Hardball" interview, the former senator makes the wildest threat yet against the anti-tax zealot."

Actually, no. there was no threat uttered by Simpson. A threat would be something like: "If he doesn't stop messing with the government, I will drown him in his bathtub." Simpson made a joke about Norquist's express desire to drown government in the bathtub. Simpson said "I hope he slips in there with it."

[MADem]

28. +1,000,000! The attendant poutrage over the "non-comment" is even more vexing! nt

[SCVDem]

17. The topic title is wrong!

Simpsons mention of drowning was a reference to Grovers ideology, nothing to do with actual drowning.

Simpson just imagined a slip and fall in the tub.

Busted ass is not dieing of drowning.

[ErikJ]

19. Oops! Grover must have fallen on soap.

[ReRe]

20. Sorry... as soon as I seen Simpson's face, I turned the TV off...

... I was pissed at Tweety for having him on. I have absolutely NO respect for Simpson after some of his comments after that commission.

[DonCoquixote]

21. when even Simpson thinks you are too much

you have crossed a line.

[1StrongBlackMan]

23. I heard norqist on NPR this morning ...

He was saying that all the goppers that are backing away from THEIR (not his) pledge, are really not that many, and those that have flat-out said it, really don't mean it.

I turned off my radio and spent the next 5 miles trying to figure out ... Is this another example of conservatives denying facts, in a desperate effort to remain relevent (ala, john mccain); or, is norquist outting goppers' willingness to flat-out lie to the public?

I concluded, it's a little of both.

[jwirr]

24. Just a few relevant questions: How much did grover have to do with the mess in California today?

Did he ever hold public office? Who gave him the power over all of us?

[gejohnston]

25. here is the video

his choice of words may be nutty, but he isn't saying anything we haven't said. I say that as someone who always voted for whatever Democrat that ran against him.

[leveymg]

26. Simpson and Bowles can climb right in there with him. Scrubba-dub-dub.

[MADem]

27. I enjoy the hell out of watching that guy pontificate, even when I don't agree with him.

He is NOT dull, and he doesn't hold back.

When people talk like people do when the lights and cameras are not on them, the "media" calls it "strange"--I say it's just "unvarnished."

He didn't say Grover should DROWN--he said he should slip and, presumably, fall. So he hits his head and gets hurt? Sounds like he's advocating eye-for-an-eye justice to me. Actually, I think he was referencing Grover's IDEAS, too...but context is often absent when people want to get outraged, as I am sure Grover's pals will do.

[IggleDoer]

30. If he slips into a bathtub ...

... can we throw a toaster in the tub for just to make sure.

[Dont call me Shirley]

32. A hair dryer would be much much closer.....

[trusty elf]

37. .......

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[JohnnyRingo]

33. They're so cute when they're out of office.

Unfortunately no republican dares speak of reaching across the aisle while cashing their congressional paychecks, but once they leave the job they become the sacred voice of sanity.

[tclambert]

34. Now, now, if Grover Norquist were really drowning, I think we should all be willing to throw him

an anvil.

[Raster]

35. Simpson's a tad late to the party...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021775880#post1

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002958928#post8

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4886345&mesg_id=4886359

[SidDithers]

36. Catfood!! 22%!!...nt

Sid

[dchill]

41. It's the ONLY thing Simpson has ever said...

that I agree with.

[Hubert Flottz]

42. Drowning is not enough for that POS,

let's waterboard him before we flush him.